in this article, after reviewing the difference between fundamentalist and anti-fundamentalist philosophy, the features of the rationality will be explained from the perspective of five anti-fundamentalist philosophers (habermas, richard rorty, macintyre, michel foucault and hayek). the common point stated by all these philosophers is that they all criticize metaphysics and doubt about the basi...

The operation of a production facility has a major effect on the efficiency; therefore it is of upmost importance to find the best possible schedule. Due to the high practical expediency, the topic of batch process scheduling has gained growing interest in the last two decades and many approaches have been published to solve a wide variety of scheduling problems. In the present work first the d...

The article analyzes the spheres of 3D printing and 3D scanning modern technologies application, defines the perspectives of 3D technologies development, and proves the expediency of these technologies application in educational activities of a modern institution of higher education. The authors developed the training course curriculum that allows the students not only to acquire the knowledge ...

This paper analyses a model of learning by imitation, where besides the decision maker, there is a population of individuals facing the same decision problem. We analyse a property called Absolute Expediency, which requires that the decision maker’s expected payo¤ increases from one round to the next for every decision problem and every state of the population. We give a simple characterisation...

Success on the licensure examination, NCLEX-PN, is a fundamental outcome criterion for practical nursing programs as well as a state requirement for professional practice. Nurse educators and administrators have an interest in identifying factors that predict success on the licensure examination. This study examined demographic, pre-admission, and programmatic variables to determine their predi...

this volume is the first complete roadmap to integrative nursing, providing a step-by-step guide to assess and clinically treat conditions through a variety of combined methodologies including wellness, lifestyle enhancement, and nutrition. this text puts forth both the skills and theoretical frameworks for multidisciplinary leaders to consider and implement integrative healthcare strategies wi...